LAS VEGAS – Retailers of quality apparel, accessories and home and gift merchandise who just attended the Las Vegas Off Price Show August 19-22 are saying it was a grand affair. The show featured a performance by the band Front Page, a full BBQ Buffet and cash bar, pool side at T.I. The OffPrice Show has helped retailers from around the world build substantial profits through connections made with hundreds of vendors exhibiting in over a thousand booths. Exhibitors offer quality, unique products and below-wholesale prices.

The Manufacturer.com and TopTenWholesale booth got a ton of visitors during the Show. In the photo back row, left to right: Account Exec. Joe Saldana, VP-Operations Justin Prescott, Lisa Zhu (PMF Bancorp), Sales Manager Jonathan Prescott and CEO Jason Prescott of TopTenWholesale. Front row: a show hostess on the left and Marketing Manager Dominique Castro of TopTenWholesale on the right.

One of the highlights of the August Las Vegas show was the Off Price Apparel Association’s retirement party for Carol Fitzmaurice at Treasure Island on Sunday night. Carol will retire at the end of the year and has been instrumental since 1997 in ensuring the Show’s success by handling booth assignments and exhibitor relations.

Attending the OffPrice Show can save buyers 20 to 70 percent below rock bottom wholesale. In fact, buyers say when they go to this show, it makes their whole season. The Show is held semiannually in Las Vegas (February and August) and also in New York (May) and Los Angeles (October).

The Show unites the top offprice specialists in the above major U.S. cities with industry professionals from around the world in a dynamic setting where they can keep abreast of industry news and trends, in addition to seeing new products and the latest styles. Everyone goes home equipped with the tools and information needed to achieve a profitable and successful year.

There is actually an entire industry revolving around the OffPrice Show, including a quarterly magazine and monthly newsletters. This is a great way to feel the pulse of the industry, and it gives subscribers the latest trends, stories and insights along with news about the offprice market.

Since 1995, the OffPrice Show has been serving the retail industry by offering dynamic opportunities in an order-writing environment where tradeshow buyers can connect with the leading offprice specialists and other jobbers. Exhibitors offer below-wholesale clothing values in women’s apparel, men’s apparel, sports apparel, designer apparel, kids apparel, jeans, sweatshirts, t-shirts, plus sizes and numerous other wholesale apparel and fashion categories. Some of the best sellers worth noting are listed below:

• Wholesale accessories, including handbags and purses
• Wholesale jewelry
• Wholesale footwear
• Wholesale home products
• Wholesale gifts, including holiday gifts

Returning to Los Angeles for its second consecutive year, A Taste of OFFPRICE Show will be held during Los Angeles’s Majors Market, where major stores meet major labels, at the California Market Center. Show Dates are October 3-5, 2011.
Show Hours:
Monday, October 3rd, 9:00am – 6:00pm
Tuesday, October 4th, 9:00am – 6:00pm
Wednesday, October 5th, 9:00am – 3:00pm

For information or to Register for the OffPrice Los Angeles Show, call (262) 782-1600. The show will be held at the Exhibit Hall in the California Market Center at 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles, CA, October 3-5, 2011.